Previous research has shown that gambling is a popular activity among adolescents.
Following a rapid expansion of legalized gambling opportunities and the emergence of new …

Background Behavioral addiction (BA) is a recent concept in psychiatry. Few studies have
investigated the relationship between BA and early maladaptive schemas (EMSs). EMS is …

Internationally, and also in Europe, adolescent gambling is increasingly recognized as an
important public health issue. Most research on adolescent gambling, however, is …

Gambling and video game playing represent two leisure activities in which adolescents and
young adults participate. There are psychological and behavioural parallels between slot …

Abstract The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI), a screening tool used to measure the
severity of gambling problems in general population research, was subjected to confirmatory …

Since no Italian validated instrument focuses specifically on the measurement of
pathological gambling in very young people, with this study, we aim to adapt an international …

Introduction Nowadays, most of the research studies in the field of adolescent gambling are
focused on individual factors related to problem gambling. The aim of this study was to test …

Purpose Youth gambling has long been considered a risk behavior and public health
concern. Compared to Western literature, empirical studies on youth gambling in Hong Kong …

This study aims to provide an estimate of the prevalence of gambling among Italian
adolescents and a description of their patterns of gambling activities (PGAs) using a latent …

Although gambling disorder (GD) criteria do not explicitly address craving, it has received
increased attention because it has been found to be a significant predictor of gambling …